In the musical world he is chiefly noted for publishing the "Dallas Blues" in March 1912 (copyrighted in September).

Wand was an 89er, coming with his parents, a brother, and two sisters from Kansas at age two.

His father John, an immigrant from Frankfurt, Germany, and successful druggist in Topeka, immediately after the run set up a tent drugstore in what would become Oklahoma City.

Wand moved his business to Chicago sometime before 1920, and by 1920 had settled in New Orleans.

He traveled through Europe, Latin America, and Asia for his business.